TinyTERM
By default, if you make any changes to the session properties, TinyTERM will prompt you to save the settings. There are a few ways to protect the settings:
- The “Save settings” prompt can be turned off. To do this, go to TinyTERM’s Edit menu and select Preferences. For the “Save all settings on exit” option, select “Never.” Save the session after making that change. You won’t get the prompt again; however, this doesn’t prevent someone from using the File menu to save future changes.
- On the same Edit | Preferences dialog, there’s a check box labeled “Protect all settings.” Save the session after selecting that. TinyTERM will prevent any changes to the session after that.
- In My Computer or Windows Explorer, locate the connection file you’re using; e.g., default.tpx. Right-click the file and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Check the box labeled “Read-only” in the Properties window. Click OK, and Windows will prevent the file from being changed.
Combining options 2 and 3 will provide the most protection for the settings. Option 3 will also work for all Windows or DOS products.
TERM
In TERM for UNIX, the only way to protect connection settings is to change permissions on the connection file. Users must have read permissions to use a .con file, but that’s all. So you can set the permissions to 544 (-rw-r–r–) on any file or directory you wish to protect.
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